Grace (moon crater)
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Grace and surroundings (photo taken by Apollo 17 ) | ||
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position | 14.19 ° N , 35.89 ° E | |
diameter | 1 km | |
Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
Type | ALC | |
Named after | English first name | |
Named since | 1979 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Grace is a very small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon , west of Lucian crater and south of Mons Esam .
The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 61A2 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1979.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 61A2 / S1
- ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977